Syria's graffiti revolution
Syrian graffiti artists seek to reclaim the spirit of the revolution by taking on both the Assad government and radical Islamists.
"This [graffiti] is an opportunity to gain back the public space that was stolen from us by the militias, formerly occupied by the regime with the pictures of Bashar and Hafez al-Assad, and now taken by Quranic verses [of ISIS]," professes Syrian activist Amer Mattar.
Amer is a member of Shera’ (Arabic for "The Street"), a group of young activists in the northern Syrian town of Kafr Nabl who are using graffiti as a way to reclaim a revolution they feel has gone horribly awry.
